Meaning

4 senses
  1. (interrogative)What ever; emphasised form of 'what', used to ask which thing, event, circumstance, etc.

    Whatever do you mean?

    egal

    что уго́дноšto ugódno

    що завго́дноščo zavhódno

  2. Regardless of anything that.

    Whatever he does, he will still lose the game.

    Whatever happens, stay calm.

  3. Anything that; all that.

    Do whatever works.

    I’ll do whatever I can.

  4. (informal)Anything; thing(s) of unspecified kind, or no matter what kind; sometimes used to indicate that the speaker does not care about options.

    I don't need any of this stuff, so take whatever.

Examples

1686 sentences
  1. You can take whatever you like.

    Можеш взяти будь-який, що тобі до сподоби.

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  2. You can say whatever you want.

    Можеш казати все, що захочеш.

    ruТы можешь сказать все, что хочешь.

    deDu kannst sagen, was auch immer du willst.

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  3. Do whatever you have to do.

    Роби те, що мусиш.

    ruДелай что должен.

    deTu, was immer du tun musst.

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  4. You can have whatever you want.

    Можеш взяти, що хочеш.

    ruМожете есть что хотите.

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  5. Let Tom read whatever he wants.

    Хай Том читає, що хоче.

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Translations

7 languages
Українська
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Русский
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Deutsch
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Origin

From Middle English whatever. By surface analysis, what + -ever.

From Middle English whatever. By surface analysis, what + -ever.

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Collocations

12 patterns
  • to do whatever
  • can do whatever
  • will do whatever
  • whatever happens
  • may do whatever
  • whatever needs needs
  • eat whatever
  • could do whatever
  • can say whatever
  • buy whatever
  • whatever happened to
  • do whatever needs

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
whatever — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto